When someone you care for wants to die now
I have been trying to do a sort of linear structure with my blogging here, starting with early preparations and working my way through end of life care. But issues […]
April 2018
More care planning – how to get stuff paid for (or not)
A big area of confusion – and made so by design – is how and what is paid for by whom when it comes to needed care and assistance. Most […]
POLST and DNR
While a living will or advanced directive is a document that expresses your wishes for medical care, it is NOT a medical order. It may include (and should include) a […]
Discussing Advanced Directives
Mr and Mrs Lee have been married for 62 years. They have two adult children, and have been in fairly good health. Mrs. Lee is 84 and has some osteoporosis […]
Understanding your audience
Like many folks in professions that deal with death and emergencies, I am prone to gallows humor. When discussing starting this blog, I was reminded that sometimes my audience has […]
Hi, nice to meet you. Let’s talk about death.
I’m here to talk about death. Yours, mine, the deaths of people we know and love. The common experience that all of us are going to have (unless you are […]